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Tech Podcast 280: Cross Cultural Training Goes Online, & Reliving the Dot Com Bubble

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If you’ve followed the Tech Podcast for a while now, you know that we tend to take more of a “sideways glance” at tech stories, instead of hitting them straight on. We just figure it might make tech news a bit more interesting, and human. This week’s episode is full of these little tilted glimpses. First up, I have to say that I really enjoy stepping back in time and getting a bit of tech history into the podcast. This week, we feature an interview with Stephan Paternot, who rose, fell and then lived through the bursting of the “dot com” bubble a decade ago with his website, theglobe.com, which is now regarded, in hindsight, as one of “the first social media sites.” You can see what’s left of the site here. You can see what Paternot’s up to now by listening in, and by clicking here.

Here are some more links of interest from this week’s show:

• Links for Alex Gallafent’s story on Online Cross-Cultural Training
• More on those body scanners
• Link to the Israeli Security Academy
• More on that voice recognition story

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